Water column



Mar. 3, 1925. 1,528,442

- J. T. M GARRY l WATER COLUMN Filed Aug. 18, 1919 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 3 A? W'z'fnesses WW M W I Afforne y.

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J. T. M GARRY WATER comm Filed Aug. 18, 1919 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 Ififinasses N Cu \Q Patented Mar. 3, 1925.

UNITED STATES-1' 1 PA TENT O FYF JOHN T. MCGAR'RY, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

WATER COLUMN;

Application filed eug istm, 1919. Serial No; 318,429.

T0 oldie/20m it may concern.

Be it known that I, JOHN T. MoGARnY,

a citizen of the Unitedstateaand a residentof Cincinnati, in the county; of. Hamilton.-

and State. of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Water Col; umns, of which. the following is a. specificae tion.

My invention relates to railway watercolumns and more especially-tothose which swing parallel with the track whennot in use and are swung around acrossthetrack to discharge into the locomotive tanks and which usually have a loose connectionbe tween the delivery spout and projecting curved spout extending -,fron1 the .head f the stand-pipe. i Such water-columns by the loose connection of the spout, aii' ord c on-- siderable ad us tment to tanks of difi'erent heights; but have several disadvantages involved in the operation of swinging vthem into and outof discharging POSltlOliaS willhereinafter be more fully alluded to The object of my inventioiris to facilitate this bringing of the watencolumn into discharging position conveniently and at the same time haveit efficlent n operation by mimmlzing the height to which they Water must flow in the co-lumn and thereby utiliz- ;ing an ampleproportion of the total avail able headf in the water supply system i which the column is installed.

My invention consists in the combination. of parts and in the deta ls of constructlon, and arrangement of parts as w1ll here1n after be more fully described and claimed,

In the drawings Fig. 1 is a planviewof a water-column embodying my invention, swLmg-intodisT charging position and also being shown in its-inoperative position and in an intermediate position. by dotted lines, and; parts of a locomotive-tankand adjoining cambeing also indicated by dotted lines to illus-,

trate how the apparatus clears the car when being swung around;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of-the watercolumn of Fig. 1 with its spout, at an intermediate discharging height and also show ing, by dotted lines, the' spout-adjusted to two other discharging heights and thespont and associated parts also being shown in their highest or inoperative position by dotted lines, asis alsofan adjacent part of the car to further illustrate-how the spout clears the side ofthe car in being swung.

around;v it being understood that this view of-the raised spout and other parts and of the caris at right angles to a plane core,

responding to the line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a verticalcross-section on. a plane corresponding to the line 33 of Flg.

2 looking forwardly or to the right ofthedrawing;

Fig. t is an enlarged side elevation ofthe upperpart of the water-column, the spout being shown by full lines in raised posi-. tion and by. dotted, linesin lowered POSF tion;

-1 fixed on the platform 2 and. having the standspipe 8 running .down throughit bee low the platform to connect. to suitable valve mechanism and having thegcollar :4:

that bears on a series of rollers 5 arranged around on top of the base 1. There is also a detent disk .;6 surroundingthe tophof-the base 1 having rocesses in which engages.

the lower end of the detent rod..7 which drops therein. by action .of gravity and which has a weight 8 to increase thiseffectw These are under a cover 9 that surrounds the top of the base 1. I

The top of ,the stand-pipe 3comprisesthe 9 gooseneck 10 which curves over and slightly;

downward to one side and has a beveled end to dischargeim a somewhat downwardly inclined direction. On the top of this gooseneck of the standpipeii is a standard 11 on the.

stop ofwhich is bolted a head 12 that pro- ;jects forward over the gooseneck 10 and there has upwardly projected laterally; spaced lugs 13 between which beam 14 10.3 hasits web l5 fixed by transverse bolts 16.

Thisbeam projects forwa-rdand upward a considerable distance past the end of the;

gooseneck 10, where it has fi xed on itsbottom fiangesl'i' a downwardly projectedfork11o ,10 where it curves over-from the main part. 1

18, the members 19 of which are adapted to straddle the top of the delivery spout 20..

This delivery spout tapers somewhat from its open rear end to its somewhat downwardly curved open front end and its rear end surrounds the gooseneck 10 very loosely, being of considerably greater cross-section than the gooseneck.

As shown in Figs. 1 to 3, inclusive, a slotted guide 21 extends along the top of the gooseneck and follows the curvature thereof, and a divided bracket 22 has its members straddling this guide 21 with a pin 23 transversely through these members and through the guide slot. This bracket is fixed to the top of the rear end of the" delivery spout 20 by extending thereover and being riveted thereto.

Sheaves 24 are ournaled on the top of the beam 14 at opposite sides above the fork 18, and cables 25 are connected to the top of the spout 20 near its curved front end and run back over these sheaves 24 and over sheaves 26 journaled on opposite sides of the standard 11, and then these cables 25 pass down along the opposite sides of the stand-pipe 3 and are connected to a weight 27 that loosely surrounds the standpipe with'a recess at its rear for the passage of the detent rod 7. A bracket 28 provides the journal bearings for the sheaves 24, being bolted to the upper flanges 17 of the beam 14.

The detent rod 7 extends up to the top of the column through a guide lug 7 on the back of the lower part of the standard 11, and the upper end of this rod 7 is pivoted between the rear end parts of two handles 29 which, from these parts, curve around opposite sides of the standard 11 and have fulcrums 30 in a yoke 81 that projects out at opposite sides from the front part of the head 12. These handles 29 extend forward and terminate in loops Vertical guide straps 33 on the sides of the standard 11 receive the rear parts of the respective handles 29 and reinforce the fulcrums 80 in the connection of these handles to the rest of the apparatus.

At the front end of the beam 14 is a fulcrum bracket 34 in which is pivoted a bell crank having the forwardly extended arm 35, and having the upwardly extended arm 36 pivoted to the frontend part of a connecting rod 37 which has its rear end part pivoted to one arm 38 of another bell crank.- The head 12 has, just to the rear of its lugs 13, a bearing 39 for this bell crank which has its rearwardly extended arm 40 provided with a slot 41 by which it is suitably connected to a rod 42 that extends down through the column for connection to the valve mechanism under the platform 2. Such valve mechanism being of Various kinds and well known, need not be disclosed herein; it being suflicient to say that an upward pull on the rod 42 opens the valve and permits the water to flow up through the stand-pipe 3 and out through the gooseneck 10 into the delivery spout 20.

In the modification of Figs. 5 and 6 the yoke 21 is fixed on the bottom of the front end part of the head 12 straddling the delivery spout 20 and having at opposite sides of this spout the slotted guides 21 through Which the spout 20 has trunnions 28' projecting up near its top at opposite sides. This yoke and these trunnions thus serve a purpose similar to that of the slotted guide 21 and bracket 22 with its pin 23 in the preceding example and the other details are like the corresponding ones in that example.

In the modification of Figs. 7 and 8 there is a bracket 22' fixed on the top of the spout over the gooseneck 10, and arms 43 flank the rear end part of this spout, bending in over the top thereof, and are pivoted to this bracket 22 and, extending downward, are bent in toward each other and are both pivoted to a swivel bolt 44 turning sidewise in a lug 45 on the front side of the stand-pipe 3. This construction also operates in substantially the same way as the preceding examples and the other details are like the corresponding ones in those examples.

WVhen not in use, the stand-pipe 3 and delivery spout 20 and supporting parts therefor are swung around to the side of the track as indicated by the dotted lines at A in Fig. l. The locomotive tank 46 is stopped with the water hole 47 opposite the stand pipe, and the attendant, standing on the top of the tank, engages a hook in the adjacent handle loop 32 pulling down on the handle 29 and raising the detent rod 7 out of the detent disk 6 and then pulling the apparatus around until the delivery spout extends out across the tank. The delivery spout, owing to its raised position as at B in Figs. 1 and 2, clears the adjacent corner 48 of the car next to the tank. Then the attendant pulls the spout 20 down by grasping it in any convenient place. The spout preferably has laterally projecting handles 49 near its front end, for this purpose. This pulls the weight 27 up by the cables 25 1unning over the sheaves 24 and 26, and brings the delivery spout down within reach of the attendants hand by which it is pushed'down into the water hole 47; the delivery spout being now moved down Whatever distance is required to bring it into the water hole 47 of the tank46 of any given height. The lowest dotted lines at C in Fig. 2 indicate such an adjustment to a very low tank. The full lines indicate such an adjustment to a higher tank. If

low

the tank is very hightheposition of the spout is indicated bythe higher...dotted lines at D in Fig. 2.

The water is then let into the tank by.

bell crank, and the spout is allowedto swing up under the action of the weight 27. The parts are then pushed around along side the track as before. chains and 51 are preferably connected to the top of the spout 20, so as to prevent their entanglement. If the. valve is self closing, the chain 51 may be omitted.

hen the parts swing around to the side of the track the detent rod 7 again engages in the detent disk 6 and locks the apparatus in this position as is well known in the art. Other means for insuring that the. apparatus will not be inadvertently swung across the track are well known in the art and it will be understood that this detent mechanism is only illustrative of such means in general. Likewise with the valve operating mechanism, of which there is a variety well known,

and of which the details shown herein are.

merely illustrative.

The important advantages of this inven:

tion are that without bringing the gooseneck.

10 or other highest outletmeansany higher than is necessary merely to afford a. proper. incline therefrom to thewater hole of the highest tank, the delivery, spout is given a position for swinging it around WlthOHt striking the adjacent corner of the;highestcar which may be next to the tank. here. no provision is made for raising the delivery spout as herein it. is necessary to have the gooseneck 10 or other highest-water-outlet means higher than the highest car that may be encountered; or else if such a height is not provided and the water-column is ap'. proached in the direction indicated in Fig. 1 so that the car projects past. the delivery spout end, the apparatus can not be swung around. In such cases it is necessary to carefully stop the train back far enough to perinit this swinging around and then carefully bring the train forward with the tank water hole opposite the stand-pipe. vAnd it frequently happens several backward and forward movements of the train are necessary to do this, owing to the difliculty to stop the train at any exact point. Such an operation as this requires the careful attention of two or more of the train operatives as well as the other usual expenses of moving the train and amounts to a considerable loss of time.

The lower ends of the If the water-column is made highenough. to avoid these difliculties, as just before alluded to, a considerable,proportion of the head. of Water is lost; becausethis ef-..

fective head is only that measured from the upper level ofthe. water in the water tank or other source of supply to the watercolumn, and the .gooseneck 10 or other highest outlet means in 'thewater column. The higher this outlet means the less will be the 2 effective head. chain 51 attached to the other arm 36 of the By providing a combination of parts that permits of ready raising and lowering of. the spout together with the swinging around it is unnecessary to sacrifice this head and there .will'be no diificulty in swinging the apparatus around and no necessity of carefullyadjusting the'train 'as just before described.

In any of the exampleswhere the delivery spout is hung on its pivot for swinging up and down this pivot is permitted a considerable motion in a transverse planeso that the delivery spout may be swung.

.slightly sidewise in either direction to admit it to the tank water hole even though the train has not been adjusted to an exact posh 1 tion. This also avoids breakage of the parts by slight movement of the train in one direction or theother while the spoutis in the water hole... .Such slight movement or creepingof the train nearly always occurs and is practically unavoidable. In the examples; of Figs. 1 to t,thislateral swinging of the spout is permitted'by having themembers of the bracket 22 spaced amply from the sides of theslotted guide 21 so that the pin 23 may swingaround in this slot. Likewise with themembers of the yoke 21 at the oppositesides of the slots 20 in Figs. 5 and j 6. In'Figs. 7 and 8 this is permitted by virtue of the swiveled bolt 44 that supports the arms43 on which the spout 20 is hung. Inany of the examples of my invention this novel upwardswinging of the delivery spout is provided for without sacrificing ;any of the-ad ustabihty' thereof to locomotivetanksiof different heights. Vith the slotted guidesiof either Figs. 1 to 4 or Figs. 5 or 6 the delivery spout may move bodily 1 acrossthe track in either directiouas is re quired to .bring its-discharge end into the: water. hole at the middle of the tankof any given height; and with the arms .of Figs.

7 and 8 this sameadjustment across the; track is providedfor. And in any of the. examples the novel upward swinging is accompanied by a. swinging of the rear end of the delivery spout back to its rearmost po- 7 sition-with the pivot 23 against. the rear end of the slot of the guide 21 or the trunnions 23 against the rear ends of the slot of the guide 21", and in Figs. 7 and 8, with the top of the rear end of the delivery spout 20 down against the top of the gooseneck 10 next to the standard 11. This automatic rearward adjustment of the delivery spout along with the upward swinging affords the maximum clearance from the car as the parts are swung around.

While certain constructional details are deemed preferable in connection with my invention, and I have shown and described these rather specifically in elucidating the construction and use of my invention, as is required, I do not wish to be understood as being limited to such precise showing and description, but having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a water-column, adelivery spout, discharging means, supporting means for said spout whereby it is swung across or away from a track, upwardly inclined supporting means for said spout whereby it is swung into a position for delivering from said discharging means or into a position materially inclined upward from said discharging means, for clearance of rolling stock on the track when said spout is swung across or away from said track, dischargecontrolling means, operating means on said upwardly inclined supporting means,a connection between said operating means and said discharge-controlling means and means for revolving said spout transversely, substantially as set forth and for the purposes specified.

2. In a water-column, a delivery spout, discharging means, supporting means for said spout whereby it is swung across or away from a track, and a loosely connected supporting means for said spout whereby it is swung into a position for delivering from said discharging means or into a position materially inclined upward from said discharging means, for clearance of rolling stock on the track when said spout is swung across or away from said track, or whereby said spout may swing laterally with and relative -to the stand pipe, substantially as set- ;t'orth and for the purposes specified.

In a water-column, a stand-pipe comprising a gooseneck and a standard above said gooseneck, a head on the top of said standard, a beam mounted on said head over said gooseneck, a delivery spout receiving said gooseneck loosely, an articulated connection between said spout and said standpipe near said gooseneck, a loose connection between said spout and said beam, supporting means for said stand-pipe permitting it to swing transversely, detent means to prevent said standpipe swinging transversely, handles flanking said standard and connected to said detent means, and laterally extended pivots for said handles on said standard.

4. In a water-column, a stand-pipe comprising'a gooseneck and a standard above said gooseneck, a head on the top of said standard, a beam mounted on said head over said gooseneck, a delivery spout receiving said gooseneck loosely, an articulated connection between said spout and said stand-pipe near said gooseneck, a fork de pending from said beam with members flanking said spout, a sheave on said beam above said fork, a sheave on said standard, a cable connected to said spout and passing over said sheaves, a counter-weight hung on said cable along said stand-pipe, supporting means for said stand-pipe permitting itto swing transversely, detent means to prevent said stand-pipe swinging transversely, handles flanking said standard and connected to said detent means, and laterally extended pivots for said handles on said standard.

5. In a water-column, a stand-pipe comprising a gooseneck and a standard above said gooseneck, a head on the top of said standard, a beam mounted on said head over said gooseneck, a delivery spout receiving said gooseneck loosely, an articulated connection between said spout and said standpipe nearsaid gooseneck, a fork depending from said beam with members flanking said spout, a sheave on said beam above said fork, a sheave on said standard, a cable connected to said spout and passing over said sheaves, a counter-weight hung on said cable along said stand-pipe, valve-operating means on said stand-pipe, a bell-crank fulcrumed on said head with an arm connected to said valve-operating means, a connecting rod, another arm of said bell-crank being connected to said rod, a lever on said beam connected to said connecting rod, supporting means for said stand-pipe permitting it to swing transversely, detent means to prevent said stand-pipe swinging transversely, handles flanking said standard and connected to said detent means, and laterally extended pivots for said handles on said standard.

7 JOHN T. McGAR-RY. lVitn'esses: JAMES, N. RAMSEY, CLARENCE Pnnnnw. 

